Hi,
I’m trying to use the Arduino PWM pins (3,5,6,9,10,11) to control a set of motors (motors like 6).
Unfortunately I am not getting response on pins 5 and 6.
Researching about these PWM pins, I found that the frequency is divided into pairs (3-11 5-6 9-10) and the pins 5 and 6 work with a greater frequency.
Is there any way to use the pins 5 and 6 in the same way we work with others?
I found the adjustment table below, however I believe that you can not use the same frequency.
Pins 5 and 6: controlled by Timer 0
Setting Divisor Frequency
0x01 1 62500
0x02 8 7812.5
0x03 64 976.5625
0x04 256 244.140625
0x05 1024 61.03515625
TCCR0B = TCCR0B & 0b11111000 | ;
Pins 9 and 10: controlled by timer 1
Setting Divisor Frequency
0x01 1 31250
0x02 8 3906.25
0x03 64 488.28125
0x04 256 122.0703125
0x05 1024 30.517578125
TCCR1B = TCCR1B & 0b11111000 | ;
Pins 11 and 3: controlled by timer 2
Setting Divisor Frequency
0x01 1 31250
0x02 8 3906.25
0x03 32 976.5625
0x04 64 488.28125
0x05 128 244.140625
0x06 256 122.0703125
0x07 1024 30.517578125
TCCR2B = TCCR2B & 0b11111000 | ;
All frequencies are in Hz and assume a 16000000 Hz system clock.
I would like to control an ESC with these pins (5-6) in the same way as the other pins are used.
Could you please help me?
I hope it is not necessary to use a second microcontroller to manage the PWM.